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Sialon ULTRA™ Thermocouple Protection Tubes

Sialon ULTRA™ Thermocouple Protection Tubes

Sialon Silicon Nitride advanced ceramics thermocouple protection tubes sheaths for use in the non-ferrous industry.

  • Maximum temperature of 1,250 °C  in air and up to 1,400 °C in a controlled atmosphere!
  • New up to 1,600 mm or 63 Inch length!
  • Sialon thermocouple protection tubes are for both, direct as well as indirect temperature sensing in molten metal (e.g. furnace wall or roof)
  • temperature reading for low-pressure-die-casting machines (e.g. Aluminum wheel manufacturers)
  • For temperature measurements in non-ferrous launders or pouring troughs

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Sialon, Silicon Nitride, thermocouple protection tubes for high temperature applications up to 1,400 °C

Sialon ULTRA™ Thermocouple Protection Tubes Sialon Ceramics

Sialon Ultra™ is the preferred choice. Again, offering outstanding physical properties, Sialon thermocouple protection tubes can be used be at temperatures up to 1800°C. (In a controlled atmosphere).

We have two standard diameters sialon thermocouple tubes sheaths in stock in lengths varying from 150 mm up to 1,600 mm. Tooling cost may apply. Stock items have a standard groove. Gas-tight stainless steel adapters are specially suitable for the thermocouple protection tubes sheaths. Test our new valve adapter for low-pressure die casting machines.

Sialon thermocouple sheaths are available in a range of standard sizes, these are usually available within 2 weeks.

How does a Sialon, Silicon Nitride Thermocouple Protection Tube work?

Courtesy of ExplainthatStuff.com

The first person who found that if two ends of a metal were at different temperatures, an electric current would flow through it was German physicist Thomas Seebeck (1770–1831) . That’s one way of stating what’s now known as the Seebeck effect or thermoelectric effect. Seebeck found things got more interesting as he explored further. If he connected the two ends of the metal together, no current flowed; similarly, no current flowed if the two ends of the metal were at the same temperature.

Sialon ULTRA™ Thermocouple Protection Tubes Sialon Ceramics

Artwork: The basic idea of a thermocouple: two dissimilar metals (gray curves) are joined together at their two ends. If one end of the thermocouple is placed on something hot (the hot junction) and the other end on something cold (the cold junction), a voltage (potential difference) develops. You can measure it by placing a voltmeter (V) across the two junctions.

Seebeck repeated the experiment with other metals and then tried using two different metals together. Now if the way electricity or heat flows through a metal depends on the material’s inner structure, you can probably see that two different metals will produce different amounts of electricity when they’re heated to the same temperature. So what if you take an equal-length strip of two different metals and join them together at their two ends to make a loop. Next, dip one end (one of the two junctions) in something hot (like a beaker of boiling water) and the other end (the other junction) in something cold. What you find then is that an electric current flows through the loop (which is effectively an electric circuit) and the size of that current is directly related to the difference in temperature between the two junctions.

The key thing to remember about the Seebeck effect is that the size of the voltage or current created depends only on the type of metal (or metals) involved and the temperature difference. You don’t need a junction between different metals to produce a Seebeck effect: only a temperature difference. In practice, however, thermocouples do use metal junctions.

Sialon data sheet

Material data sheet Sialon (Si3Al3O3N5)
Typical Sialon grades NVD-001 NVD-002 NVD-003 NVD-004
Bulk Density g/cm3 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2
Water Absorption 0 0 0 0
Flexural Strength MPa 580 900 1,020 790
Vickers Hardness HV1 GPa 13.9 12.7 15.0 13.8
Fracture Toughness (SEPB) MPam1/2 4 ~ 5 6 ~ 7 7 6 ~ 7
Young’s Modulus of Elasticity GPa 290 270 300 290
Poisson’s Ratio 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28
Coefficient of Linear Thermal (40 – 800 °C)

Expansion

×10-6/℃ 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.5
Thermal Conductivity (20℃) W/(m・k) 25 23 27 54
Specific Heat J/(g・k) 0.64 0.66 0.65 0.66
Heat Shock Resistance 550 800 800 900
Volume Resistivity (20℃) Ω・cm >1014 >1014 >1014 >1014

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